Legend
Soolikaoja, the devil's dog's gut
Soolikaoja
The 7.5-kilometre brook that winds through Rakvere to the Selja river, much of it now running underground for about 1.5 km beneath the town, was long called Soolikaoja, the Gut Brook, and also Solgioja, the Slops Brook. In 1939 it was renamed Linnaoja, the Town Brook. Legend explains the old name with a fight from the age of giants: when Kalevipoeg struck down Rakk, the dog of the Old Devil, the beast's gut spilled out across the land and became the winding stream.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Rakvere linna läbiv 7,5 km pikkune oja, mis suubub Selja jõkke ja on linna piires umbes poolteist kilomeetrit maa alla viidud, kandis kaua nime Soolikaoja, rahvasuus ka Solgioja. 1939. aastal nimetati see ümber Linnaojaks. Legend seletab vana nime hiiglaste ajast pärit kaklusega: kui Kalevipoeg Vanapagana koera Raki maha lõi, valgus koera sool üle maa ja sellest sai looklev oja.